Tuesday 3 June 2014

Child Abduction Awareness Is Every Caretakers Responsibility

By Nora Jennings


The number of children being abducted is on the rise. It is almost impossible to ignore the danger. They disappear from places that seem safe. It is good to make child abduction awareness the subject of public warnings. They can be alert against all the ways predators lure children.

There was the case of a mom running in to pick up one item at a convenience store in the middle of the day. It was cold so she left her six-year old daughter in the warm car. Yes, she was gone for less than five minutes. It was long enough for an opportunistic pervert to open the car door and disappear with the little girl.

Parents routinely leave a child in the car while they run in to carry out a baby in his portable car seat. The car is in their own driveway, just feet away from the house. Still, it only takes a minute for an opportunistic pervert to take advantage of the situation.

Abductions happen fast. Sometimes a little boy will walk home from school with friends every day. Then one day, between the school and the home, the little boy vanishes and no one saw it happen.

This situation seems to grow more common with every passing day. Children above a certain age can be taught how to handle an attempt. First, never walk close to a stranger in a car. Some perverts use the ruse of asking for directions to lure a girl close enough to reach out and pull her into the car.

They are told to make all the noise they can if a stranger grabs them. Kick, scream or bite to make him release them. Never believe anything a stranger says to them. A kind lady or a small, frail man may try to carry them off.

A clever predator is skilled at fooling children. He might say he is sad because his dog is lost. He may ask the children to help in the search. A person the child met while grocery shopping with mom can talk him in to accepting a ride.

Precautions are taken. Small children cannot be released from school unless the approved parent or caretaker picks them up. Bedroom windows are closed and locked at night.

Recently, women who were abducted as girls have managed to escape their captors. Some spent a decade as a virtual prisoner of the predator. If they tried to escape he may have threatened to kill their parents or beaten them severely.

Police should be called immediately upon witnessing an abduction. The witness should memorize as much of the license plate as possible. Try to recall any details about the abductor or his clothing.

The laws in our nation have some responsibility for allowing perverts to become repeat offenders. A rapist may get out of prison after a minimal number of years. A psychiatrist may testify that he is rehabilitated.

A gambler would lay odds that he would abduct and hurt another little boy or girl. While parents might take all possible precautions, there are a high number of dangerous predators out there. Will the rights of the perverts to be released continue to be more important than the rights of the children to grow up safely.




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